User Guide

ThePackage Editingmode
The definition of a device is described briefly below. There is a more ex
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tensive guide in the Component Design Explained through Examples
section.
The icons available in the command toolbar are equivalent to the identi
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caliconsoftheSchematicorLayoutEditor.
DesignNewPackage
You change into package editing mode through the Edit a package icon
in the action toolbar. Type in the name of a package, and reply to the
confirmingquestion Createnewpackage‘packagename’? with yes.
Place pads (though-hole contacts) or SMDs (SMD contact areas) with
thefollowingcommandswhichareonlyavailableinthePackageEditor.
PAD
Placethepadofaconventionalcomponent.
SMD
PlaceaSMDpad.
You can change the name of the pads or SMDs with the NAME
command.
UsetheWIRE,ARC,etc.commandstodraw
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thesymbolforthesilkscreenonlayer21, tPlace,
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additionalgraphicalinformationforthedocumentationprintinto
layer51, tDocu.
Draw restricted areas for the Autorouter, if needed, in layers 41, tRe
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strict, 42, bRestrict, or 43, vRestrict, or in layers 39, tKeepout, or 40, bKee
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pout,byusingthecommandsCIRCLE,RECT,orPOLYGON.
PlacemountingholeswiththeHOLEcommand,ifneeded.
UsetheTEXTcommandtoplace
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thestring>NAMEinlayer25, tNames,servingasatextvariable
containingthenameofthecomponent,
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thestring>VALUEinlayer27, tValues,servingasatextvariable
containingthevalueofthecomponent.
Use the DESCRIPTION command to add a description for the pack
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age. Rich Text format can be used for this. You will find further informa
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tioninthehelppages.
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EAGLEManual